An Anteater doctor seeks a romantic relationship like the one from K drama. Director Biography- Siti Lu <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/fee94c8223d306bb21cf07c00f5dac8c.jpg" width="130"> Siti Lu is LA based animation director, story artist and animator. After graduating from CalArts Character Animation 2021. She works as a story artist for Cartoon Network and Netflix animation Studios.

Beyond the Drama

An Anteater doctor seeks a romantic relationship like the one from K drama.

A young boy must decide between buying the toy he has been saving for or helping the impoverished boy next door. Director Biography- Drake Konishi <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/a8b38eb746d9217f9eaab8a949a3b246.jpg" width="162"> Being both Japanese-American and Vietnamese-American, Drake allows his experience with his cultural fusion to inspire him. As a filmmaker, Drake not only draws inspiration from his heritage, but also simply being a young person growing up in the 21st century. He’s greatly intrigued by the past and in how much things have changed in only just a few decades. Drake’s passion for filmmaking stems from hisenjoyment of entertaining, expressing himself, and connecting with others. He studied multimedia and film at the Academy of the Performing Arts in Huntington Beach. Currently, Drake studies film production at California State University Long Beach and hopes to find a career in directing.

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A young boy must decide between buying the toy he has been saving for or helping the impoverished boy next door.

Jane lands a date with a boy-- a typical high school romance. But come date night, Jane receives a mysterious handwritten note in a fortune cookie... Director Biography- Samiksha Thakur <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/d8d1acdc2b988e9e1beebfe47ac7c01b.jpg" width="97"> Samiksha Thakur, 17, is a first-generation Indian-American filmmaker hailing from New Jersey. Filmmaker of the award-winning short film "Blue Iris", Samiksha aims to create art that consists of compelling visuals and familiar feelings that make us all human.

Miss Fortune

Jane lands a date with a boy-- a typical high school romance. But come date night, Jane receives a mysterious handwritten note in a fortune cookie...

A daughter coming home to take care of her sick Mother. The film deals with memory, time, identity, and place. Director Biography- Anthony Newen <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/492ad2e78296c4cbe9903bde970d107b.jpg" width="134"> Anthony Newen started making films when he was a teenager. He wrote and made films as a way to explore his thoughts and emotions. He'd fantasize about what would happen if...or try to better understand what family means to him, or where he considers home, or what certain relationships mean to him. All the films he has watched and loved: he felt less lonely. He realized that what he wants his films to do for others is let them know they are not alone, that someone else understands how they feel.&nbsp;&nbsp;Being Vietnamese-American, representing Asians on screen has become very important to him within the last few years. Example: stories of Vietnamese refugees after the Vietnam War need to be talked about, but it's also very important to show Asian people as people and not be defined by their skin color or where their parents came from. His generation, his friends, a lot of them were born in America. They know English better than Vietnamese. They understand American culture better than Vietnamese culture. They are more American than Vietnamese, yet they cannot escape how they look and that’s what others initially judge them on. Anthony believes the best way to show that Asian people are more than kung fu and a funny comic relief is to show the daily lives and struggles of a person that just so happens to be Asian.

MOTHER: a visual poem

A daughter comes home to take care of her Mother dealing with memory loss

A mother cooks soup and embarks on a particularly bumpy bus ride. A film about food and family. Directory Biography- Tiffany Pang<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/f0caad283df996398886e31b67a1d35a.jpg" width="156">Tiffany is a Chinese-American animation student from Atlanta, Georgia. Her love of drawing and telling stories has led her to studying character animation at Calarts. She enjoys making films based on personal experiences and hopes to someday work as a storyboard artist in the industry. For her film, Soup, she drew stylistic influences from movies like My Neighbors the Yamadas, Only Yesterday, and Tamako Love Story.&nbsp;

Soup

A mother cooks soup and embarks on a particularly bumpy bus ride. A film about food and family.

After no one shows up to work, a Korean warehouse owner is forced to confront her fears in order to complete the day's delivery. Director Biography- John Hwang<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/73c89fd06333d323d71db13bf7bb989d.png" width="124">Director John Hwang grew up in the Koreatowns of New Jersey and moved to New York City to attend film school at NYU Tisch. After graduating in 2019, he returned to New Jersey to freelance as an editor in NYC and complete his thesis short, "Today's Special." John hopes to share the unique history and identities of the Korean American communities he grew up around across various mediums.﻿

Today's Special

After no one shows up to work, a Korean warehouse owner is forced to confront her fears in order to complete the day's delivery.

When siblings return home to confront their Mother’s memory loss, they discover a hidden key to her past. Director Biography - Garth Kravits<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/ebdf3d10570ce34410c134048c97e46c.png" width="276">A comic actor, Garth is also singer, a songwriter, a composer and a musician. He guest starred on the television shows "30 Rock" (NBC), "The Carrie Diaries" (CW), "Nash Bridges" (USA), "Hostages" (CBS) and can be seen in the upcoming NBC drama "Tin Man" Garth also appeared opposite Keanu Reeves in the film "Sweet November".

When the World Was Young

When siblings return home to confront their Mother’s memory loss, they discover a hidden key to her past.

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